China Court Rules
Nike Ads Copied Cartoonist

By

Geoffrey A. Fowler Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated Dec. 30, 2004 8:30 p.m. ET

A Beijing court ruled that a major ad campaign by American sportswear maker Nike Inc. copied the work of a Chinese cartoonist -- an unusual case of role reversal for a company that faces massive counterfeiting problems in China.